Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Levi Jones Forker and Isabella A. Bell


Husband Levi Jones Forker 1 2 

           Born: 6 Oct 1818 - Venango Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 19 Mar 1888-1889 - Rockland Twp, Venango Co, PA 2
         Buried:  - Rockland Cemetery, Rockland Twp, Venango Co, PA 3


         Father: John Forker (      -1849) 2
         Mother: Sabillah Jones (      -1845) 2


       Marriage: 12 Dec 1839 - Butler Co, PA 2

Wife Isabella A. Bell 2 4 

            AKA: Isobella Bell
           Born: 16 Mar 1817 3 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 1 Oct 1891 - Rockland Twp, Venango Co, PA 2 4
         Buried:  - Rockland Cemetery, Rockland Twp, Venango Co, PA 3


         Father: Robert Bell (1794-      ) 4 5
         Mother: Martha Hartley (Abt 1793-      ) 4


Children
1 M John Bell Forker 2 6 

           Born: 25 Jun 1841 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 3 May 1920 2
         Buried:  - Rockland Cemetery, Rockland Twp, Venango Co, PA 3

         Spouse: Maranda E. Sollinger (1848-1928/1948) 2
           Marr: 28 Apr 1870 - Rockland, Venango Co, PA 7

2 M William Forker 2 8 

           Born: 22 Apr 1843 - Rockland Twp, Venango Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died:  - Colorado Springs, El Paso Co, CO
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Hannah Atwell (Abt 1846-1867) 8 9 10
           Marr: 8 Aug 1865 10

         Spouse: Melissa Sopher (      -      ) 10

3 M Robert Forker 2 

           Born: 1 Jun 1845 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 21 Oct 1853 2
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

4 F Martha Jane Forker 2 

           Born: 15 Mar 1847 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 1 Oct 1847 2
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

5 M Perry Forker 2 12 

            AKA: Perry Foraker 11
           Born: 1 Oct 1848 - Rockland Twp, Venango Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 12 Sep 1942 2
         Buried:  - Gibsonburg, Sandusky Co, OH

         Spouse: Sarah Augusta Haslett (1851-1938) 10 12
           Marr: 21 Jun 1870 - Franklin, Venango Co, PA 10 12

6 F Mary Etta Forker 2 13 14 

           Born: 1 Jul 1850 - Rockland Twp, Venango Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 10 Feb 1876 or 1877 - Rockland Twp, Venango Co, PA 2 14
         Buried:  - Rockland Cemetery, Rockland Twp, Venango Co, PA 15

         Spouse: James Allen Witherup (1849-1910) 13 14 16
           Marr: 13 Jul 1871 - Rockland, Venango Co, PA 17

7 M Samuel V. Forker 16 18 

           Born: 11 Feb 1853 - Rockland Twp, Venango Co, PA 16 18
     Christened: 
           Died: 27 Feb 1934 - Long Beach, Los Angeles Co, CA 16 18
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Marie Smith (1854-1938)
           Marr: 22 Jan 1878 - Rockland Twp, Venango Co, PA 18

8 F Sarah Jane Forker 2 19 

           Born: 5 Sep 1855 - Rockland Twp, Venango Co, PA 2 19
     Christened: 
           Died: 19 Dec 1917 2 19
         Buried:  - Domer Chapel Cemetery, Rockland Twp, Venango Co, PA 20

         Spouse: Wesley Mathias Brown (1851-1912) 19 21

9 M Charles Wesley Forker 2 

           Born: 7 Jun 1857 or 1858 - Rockland Twp, Venango Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 19 Jul 1934 - Peone Prairie, WA 2
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Nancy Elizabeth Halderman (1855-1943) 22
           Marr: 23 Mar 1887 - Claridon, OH 7

10 F Elizabeth Forker 2 

           Born: 2 Jul 1859 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 15 Jan or 15 Jun 1872 23
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

11 F Almyra Alice Forker 2 

           Born: 23 Apr 1862 - Rockland Twp, Venango Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 4 May 1932 - Peone Prairie, WA 2
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Armstrong P. Ogden (1857-1893) 23

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Sources

1 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 637.

2 Vilena Mae Forker Holliker, "Forker Genealogy" (San Antonio, TX: privately printed, 1976), Pg 5.

3 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 5, Rockland Township (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1997), Pg 76.

4 Linda (Francis) Hanna & Roberta (Francis) Hamilton, The Descendants of Walter Bell (Franklin, PA: Self-published, about 1990), Pg 27.

5 Raymond Martin Bell, The Bell Family of Mifflin County, Pennsylvania (Ann Arbor, MI: Edwards Brothers, Inc., 1941), Pg 45.

6 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 970.

7 Joan S. Hanson & Kenneth L. Hanson, Marriages from Venango County Sources (Apollo, PA: Closson Press, 1994), Pg 80.

8 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 901.

9 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 631.

10 Vilena Mae Forker Holliker, "Forker Genealogy" (San Antonio, TX: privately printed, 1976), Pg 9.

11 James Brockington Witherup, History of John Witherup Family from 1762 to 1909 (Butler, PA: Ziegler Printing Co., 1909), Pg 11.

12 James Brockington Witherup, History of John Witherup Family from 1762 to 1909 (Butler, PA: Ziegler Printing Co., 1909), Pg 12.

13 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 1067.

14 James Brockington Witherup, History of John Witherup Family from 1762 to 1909 (Butler, PA: Ziegler Printing Co., 1909), Pg 20.

15 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 5, Rockland Township (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1997), Pg 125.

16 Vilena Mae Forker Holliker, "Forker Genealogy" (San Antonio, TX: privately printed, 1976), Pg 17.

17 Joan S. Hanson & Kenneth L. Hanson, Marriages from Venango County Sources (Apollo, PA: Closson Press, 1994), Pg 267.

18 Mrs. Harold V. Linn, Daniel Smith - Pioneer Settler of Rockland Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania (Venango County, PA: Privately published, 1961), Pg 66.

19 Mrs. Harold V. Linn, Daniel Smith - Pioneer Settler of Rockland Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania (Venango County, PA: Privately published, 1961), Pg 107.

20 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 5, Rockland Township (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1997), Pg 15.

21 Vilena Mae Forker Holliker, "Forker Genealogy" (San Antonio, TX: privately printed, 1976), Pg 19.

22 Vilena Mae Forker Holliker, "Forker Genealogy" (San Antonio, TX: privately printed, 1976), Pg 21A.

23 Vilena Mae Forker Holliker, "Forker Genealogy" (San Antonio, TX: privately printed, 1976), Pg 24.

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